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i give the obama administration and at funny comics. the basic problem is that these people do not believe in capitalism at all. exhibit a is the button employment rate in a black unemployment rate is at 13.7% to a but he talks about this, not the congressional black caucus, not obama, nobody. and this program should devote more focus on the black unemployment rate. and it has actually gone up this year, ok? then you look at all of -- you look at this debate on the minimum wage. if black folks can't find jobs at $7.25 an hour, what do you think is going to happen to the unemployment rate not only with blacks, but with lower skilled people if the minimum wage is $12 an hour or $10 an hour? so this is a big focus. the actual black unemployment rate in chicago is like 19%. no one talks about this. and all of this governments ending, if government spending it was going to take this economy to a good situation, it would've happened by now because we are running up debt to pay .or thee see some stories in news about the unemployment rate for
i give the obama administration and at funny comics. the basic problem is that these people do not believe in capitalism at all. exhibit a is the button employment rate in a black unemployment rate is at 13.7% to a but he talks about this, not the congressional black caucus, not obama, nobody. and this program should devote more focus on the black unemployment rate. and it has actually gone up this year, ok? then you look at all of -- you look at this debate on the minimum wage. if black folks...
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when the obama administration both obama and mccain were both saying they will close on guantanamo. dozenent back a few detainees. the majority are a bolt of -- the majority were transferred during the george bush administration. just today the military judge granted a defense continuance in the u.s.s. cole bomber. inse cases will continue motions in june. host: why is there still 166 if the obama administration wanted to shut down? in june 2006 president obama announced that he would very much like to close guantanamo. whens in wind down mode obama was in office. to his credit he put a coat on that by signing that executive order ordering it to be closed within the year. it is still open because there was a window of opportunity in the first two years of the obama administration he had his own party in power in the senate and own party in power in the house. use some political cash, some will to force the culture -- forced the closure of that place. he would need to up the risk calculus. the major population at of many.o are tweet patch with it most of the saudis. the amenis have n
when the obama administration both obama and mccain were both saying they will close on guantanamo. dozenent back a few detainees. the majority are a bolt of -- the majority were transferred during the george bush administration. just today the military judge granted a defense continuance in the u.s.s. cole bomber. inse cases will continue motions in june. host: why is there still 166 if the obama administration wanted to shut down? in june 2006 president obama announced that he would very much...
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obama has brought to at his administration and mr. holder is now participating in this. was interesting as some of the headlines yet shown in the newspaper this morning is it is an attempt to coddle them. they want to remain and gain favor. is showingto state the chicago style politics. as mr. obama continues to support mr. holder mr. holder is dragging down this administration i believe he has to partner himself before the house judiciary committee a few weeks ago -- he should resign. i think the american people have lost their trust in this attorney-general. it is pick and choose as to what justice should be needed out. host: from facebook -- bob says -- next on the phones is richard, an independent. like peopleeems have a short memory. did they forget about rupert murdoch and some of his news organizations and the newspapers in england where there are tapping into government employees, hacking computers, phone tapping, bribing. it is like most of -- both of them are involved. it seems like the whole world spies on each other. i do not know when this is all going to en
obama has brought to at his administration and mr. holder is now participating in this. was interesting as some of the headlines yet shown in the newspaper this morning is it is an attempt to coddle them. they want to remain and gain favor. is showingto state the chicago style politics. as mr. obama continues to support mr. holder mr. holder is dragging down this administration i believe he has to partner himself before the house judiciary committee a few weeks ago -- he should resign. i think...
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guest: president obama is not going to nominate anyone i think would be good. the point is the epa administrator does what the president wants and what the congress to relax. it is a managerial job. the epa administrator can recommend policy. at the end of the day, if the president says i do not like what you are doing, the administrator will not do it. if the congress as we will not appropriate money for that, it will not be done. the problem we face is the epa, because cap-and-trade legislation was defeated, a e.p.a. has tried to implement that anti-energy agenda through the clean air act. all these regulations are expensive and clumsy. they are not going to do what they are designed to do. they will have great economic damage. we are already seeing that. host: let's take this call from patty. caller: i am kind of astounded so-called fox. in my job, i interact with global experts on many issues, including climate change most of the people i interact with a round of world are leading security people from their countries. we bring in outside experts to speak. h
guest: president obama is not going to nominate anyone i think would be good. the point is the epa administrator does what the president wants and what the congress to relax. it is a managerial job. the epa administrator can recommend policy. at the end of the day, if the president says i do not like what you are doing, the administrator will not do it. if the congress as we will not appropriate money for that, it will not be done. the problem we face is the epa, because cap-and-trade...
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host: does the obama administration have input on how this will play out? guest: it is an independent agency. i am sure the others were informed as they began to have deliberations. host: the next call is from louisiana on the independent line. caller: nothing illustrates the disconnect between washington and the way it treats its insiders and public. when you put political hacks in charge of something like fannie mae and freddie mac and then start paying them a bonus, i think franklin to about $125 million. it was under his stewardship of the whole thing went to pot. i was in real estate at a time as an agent. everybody from the ground up knew that this was insane at people were getting housing and producing paper that did not mean anything. so far, no one has gone to jail for hijacking $1 trillion of the public's money. thank you. guest: it is true. one thing i would say about this, there was a lot of aggressive risk taking and and stupid things being done at many of our large banks, mortgage companies, and saving and loans, and the gse. you are right. no
host: does the obama administration have input on how this will play out? guest: it is an independent agency. i am sure the others were informed as they began to have deliberations. host: the next call is from louisiana on the independent line. caller: nothing illustrates the disconnect between washington and the way it treats its insiders and public. when you put political hacks in charge of something like fannie mae and freddie mac and then start paying them a bonus, i think franklin to about...
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the obama administration rejected the law. congress and the courts have spoken out to prevent billions of taxpayer dollars and three decades of research for being squandered. last year 335 house members including majority of the democrats voted to reduce funding and the water appropriations bill. great system of checks and balances will ensure the law is carried out and we will know once for all if yucca mountain is safe. a statement came out after that ruling last week. we're taking your calls as we talk telfers washington correspondent karoun demirjian. ralph is up next from nevada on our republican line. good morning ralph. caller: good morning. i like to know how we've managed to ship nuclear waste from tennessee and idaho as reported by the huffington post this week. guest: this is an ongoing issue where there has been shipments. it's not the same sort of concentration or intensity is what we're talking about. that's from tennessee to the nevada test site. it's something starting to raise red flags. nevada government and
the obama administration rejected the law. congress and the courts have spoken out to prevent billions of taxpayer dollars and three decades of research for being squandered. last year 335 house members including majority of the democrats voted to reduce funding and the water appropriations bill. great system of checks and balances will ensure the law is carried out and we will know once for all if yucca mountain is safe. a statement came out after that ruling last week. we're taking your calls...
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guest: this is a choice the obama administration made. when sequestration started, they had the ability to do what ronald reagan did, which is go by apartment are agency. the president decided to carry by line item. even the worst row gram that isn't work in -- even the worst program that is working got cut. they could have developed flexibility and they could have made decisions to not spend on something that is not effective. why didn't congress fix all those things that are not working? the problem is congress. and the problem has been congress. as long as you have a congress they are politicians, more interested in getting reelection. -- in getting reelected. this is not going to change. we can still squeeze another $200 billion by deleting duplicating programs. we have 47 job-training programs for nondisabled. 47 different job-training programs. not one has a metric if they are successful. i can give you a list of other programs that have not been over cited by the congress. the gao has recommended that we oversight. the lack of taki
guest: this is a choice the obama administration made. when sequestration started, they had the ability to do what ronald reagan did, which is go by apartment are agency. the president decided to carry by line item. even the worst row gram that isn't work in -- even the worst program that is working got cut. they could have developed flexibility and they could have made decisions to not spend on something that is not effective. why didn't congress fix all those things that are not working? the...
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obamae administration has gone out of their way to find them. he is not gone after his political folks who were in charge of the state department. he hasn't gone after those people. he has not gone after those people like he is gone after senior military officers. that bothers me. how long did you serve in the u.s. navy? caller: 20 years. a caller from the democrats line. caller: first of all, i want to say that anybody that used to be a part of the bush , i don't know how you got the nerve to say anything as deadly as the wars ran when bush was here. and it's on tv and find out what obama has done after the .ollapse of our whole community obama had to take over the mess that bush contributed. it is mind-boggling to me that you have anything to say about any president who was ever elected after such a calamity. host: jeffrey? your thoughts on what jeff had to say. i think president bush would be the first person to tell you there are some things he could've done differently. vice president cheney would say the same thing. it doesn't give preside
obamae administration has gone out of their way to find them. he is not gone after his political folks who were in charge of the state department. he hasn't gone after those people. he has not gone after those people like he is gone after senior military officers. that bothers me. how long did you serve in the u.s. navy? caller: 20 years. a caller from the democrats line. caller: first of all, i want to say that anybody that used to be a part of the bush , i don't know how you got the nerve to...
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it was originally hoped by the obama administration be about $12 billion. are there other efforts by the obama administration to move money to this community college to career type program? guest: it's a repeatedly how the administration proposed more money for community colleges. it's also important onote that community colleges may be most dependent not on programs specifically for community colleges. but student aid program. so programs like the pell grant that is affected by president obama's latest proposal, which is the main student aid program for low income students. community colleges because they serve so many low income students. community by federal spending on programs that don't have community colleges in the name. host: we've been bringing up a few of>
it was originally hoped by the obama administration be about $12 billion. are there other efforts by the obama administration to move money to this community college to career type program? guest: it's a repeatedly how the administration proposed more money for community colleges. it's also important onote that community colleges may be most dependent not on programs specifically for community colleges. but student aid program. so programs like the pell grant that is affected by president...
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the obama and bush administrations have torn that structure down. what is left is the state of nature. the american government that played such a key role in developing this international law is returning the world to a state of nature where the strongest country does whatever it wants. you have to ask yourself -- what happens when we are no longer the strongest country? what happens when there is another country that has drones and wants to use them in the same way? host: from twitter -- guest: on fortunately, that is the view of many people and i am not saying it is wrong. there are good people in congress, people who care, but there are frankly, a lot of bad people. there are some uniquely bad people there who do not really think about these issues. if you rely on congress to protect your rights, you know nothing of history. congress has never been a protector of civil liberty. what is dangerous now is that you have a president with the democratic party who is a certain these unconstitutional powers and you have republicans that defended them und
the obama and bush administrations have torn that structure down. what is left is the state of nature. the american government that played such a key role in developing this international law is returning the world to a state of nature where the strongest country does whatever it wants. you have to ask yourself -- what happens when we are no longer the strongest country? what happens when there is another country that has drones and wants to use them in the same way? host: from twitter --...
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the obama administration don't want to read it it made a mistake -- made ao admit they mistake. if they do, they will have to pull back the money they are giving the muslim brotherhood, but they do not want to do that. they want to support them. i did not think we ought to be supporting them anyway. over there.they do that is the way it is. times""the washington -- here is what the white house folks -- white house press secretary had to say of the issue of money to egypt. the timel take necessary to review what has taken place and monitor efforts by the egyptian authorities to include a democratic way forward. as we do, we will review our requirements under the law and do so consistent with the policy objectives. yesterdaycarney talking about the money and whether or not like some have said we should stop the money to egypt call it a coup. naperville, illinois. independent calller. what do you think? i wanted to ask and say missed thethe u.s. ball. they should have been more helpful to the democratic election -- the democratic government. there are other countries that have more
the obama administration don't want to read it it made a mistake -- made ao admit they mistake. if they do, they will have to pull back the money they are giving the muslim brotherhood, but they do not want to do that. they want to support them. i did not think we ought to be supporting them anyway. over there.they do that is the way it is. times""the washington -- here is what the white house folks -- white house press secretary had to say of the issue of money to egypt. the timel...
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host: what about problems prior to the obama administration? and some of the social issues and feeling strongly about those. what do you think? guest: republicans and democrats spend too much money in congress. spenticans and democrats too much money over the last 30 years. they did manage to balance the federal budget. and they did it. at the time, i think republicans lost their way and spent too much money. unemployment was below eight percent when president obama came into office. after he passed his stimulus up andnemployment went stayed above 8% for the rest of his first term. we saw a mushrooming of the national dead. and went above $1 trillion under barack obama. that was not george bush it was barack obama. host: our guest has to leave in just a couple of minutes. raging is in san francisco, a democrat -- reggie. caller: this guy is the biggest liar i have ever seen on c-span. guest: you might not like the facts. go to the white house's website. caller: i am a student right now in san francisco. liestelling these people about the fence.
host: what about problems prior to the obama administration? and some of the social issues and feeling strongly about those. what do you think? guest: republicans and democrats spend too much money in congress. spenticans and democrats too much money over the last 30 years. they did manage to balance the federal budget. and they did it. at the time, i think republicans lost their way and spent too much money. unemployment was below eight percent when president obama came into office. after he...
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and third is the obama administration has been very clear that they are not interested in using the aid as political leverage and this issue has come up several times since the 2011 revolution. the position hasn't changed. we shouldn't expect that they're going to change their mind and suspend the aid any time soon. host: describe the pressure in congress that you mentioned. how deep is it? how severe or heavy is that pressure and who is it coming from? guest: sure. the pressure for conditions on aid came from the morsi government was elected and congress passed into law several restrictions on the aid that would have required the obama administration to cut off the aid if the morsi government vnt having done several different things in the area of political and economic liberalization. the morsi government didn't do any of those things. e obama waived those restrictions and nullifying congressional attendance and gave egypt the aid anyway. then what happened was there were several people in congress, the chairman of the state and foreign appropriations committee of the senate, but also
and third is the obama administration has been very clear that they are not interested in using the aid as political leverage and this issue has come up several times since the 2011 revolution. the position hasn't changed. we shouldn't expect that they're going to change their mind and suspend the aid any time soon. host: describe the pressure in congress that you mentioned. how deep is it? how severe or heavy is that pressure and who is it coming from? guest: sure. the pressure for conditions...
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says it is another setback for the obama administration possum limitation of the affordable care act. last night the white house announced a one year delay and enforcement of the law. republican caller, you are up first, nancy. why would any person made this health-care law and the confidence that ye have? the legislative reports that not even meet. there is an old saying -- somebody pays. this country is falling apart. thank you, c-span. host: have you always opposed the health-care law? caller: i haven't. we are a blessed country. this tweet -- mark in florida, democratic caller, go ahead. caller: hello. am amment is, s -- i democrat. back in 2010 we should have passed complete socialized medicine. this hybrid plan is comp located. resident obama had the votes in the house and senate in 2010 to do that. this is ridiculous. pay $6,300 for prescription medicine next year. get the average person cannot afford that. host: do you think the complexity of the law has led to all of these delays? supporters say that this is what happens when you pass a major piece of legislation. they point
says it is another setback for the obama administration possum limitation of the affordable care act. last night the white house announced a one year delay and enforcement of the law. republican caller, you are up first, nancy. why would any person made this health-care law and the confidence that ye have? the legislative reports that not even meet. there is an old saying -- somebody pays. this country is falling apart. thank you, c-span. host: have you always opposed the health-care law?...
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the obama administration knew about the sequester for months. there were three days notice to implement the furloughs that are now being blamed for these delays. there was no mention of the magnitude and impact of delays of these furloughs that were just right around the corner. it seems implausible that he did not know about them when he was testifying last week. was the administration hiding the ball from the travelling public? it seems like a fair question. guest: it is about what is the problem. the problem is how the sequester is impacting air-traffic. that is not the problem. the problem is the sequestration. thisfocus on air-traffic -- is about hiding the ball on those who are criticizing the faa. -- ike care of all this would say hearing congress criticized the sequester and criticizing the impact on the faa is like a guy who picks a big boulder and blames the boulder four is broken toe. law.ote the sequester we should fix the entire sequestration. host: this is from "the wall street journal." guest: because "the wall street journal" say
the obama administration knew about the sequester for months. there were three days notice to implement the furloughs that are now being blamed for these delays. there was no mention of the magnitude and impact of delays of these furloughs that were just right around the corner. it seems implausible that he did not know about them when he was testifying last week. was the administration hiding the ball from the travelling public? it seems like a fair question. guest: it is about what is the...
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what's the number the obama administration wants to see for that to happen? guest: well, let's put it this way. during the clinton boom in the 1990's, we had, at the peak, half a million, if not more jobs created per month. host: that was the average? guest: for a solid period. the average is more -- a solid number would be something in the 300,000 vicinity. nobody even hopes for that at this point, because the labor market is still anemic. there's still a lot of lack in the economy. we've kind of lowered our expectations. the break-even level is about 150,000, so at 195, at least we're making up ground basically. you have to remember that not only are we making up lost ground from the recession itself, we lost about 8.5 million jobs during the recession. we've made up about 6.5 million of those. we're still about two million jobs short, and then you're still talking about the population growth that we had since then and all the young people coming into the labor market. so it's a lot of ground to make up. host: going back to the revisions on the numbers for
what's the number the obama administration wants to see for that to happen? guest: well, let's put it this way. during the clinton boom in the 1990's, we had, at the peak, half a million, if not more jobs created per month. host: that was the average? guest: for a solid period. the average is more -- a solid number would be something in the 300,000 vicinity. nobody even hopes for that at this point, because the labor market is still anemic. there's still a lot of lack in the economy. we've kind...
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what i am wondering about is exactly what the obama administration's role is in all of this. obama has been catching a lot of flack for the whole thing, and i'm not necessarily here to defend him. but i'm wondering, wouldn't the intelligence committee, headed by my representative mike rogers, have been the ones to make this call and request in the first place? how many of the decisions to get information like this and other things under the patriot act or espionage act or any of these things -- how many of these decisions were obama and how many were the decisions of mike rogers and others on the committee? guest: you bring up a two really good questions. the first is what was the role that congress played in authorizing these. to that question i would say that congress had a very big role to play in approving the measures like the patriot act that enable the surveillance to crop up. that is why you see people like diane feinstein who have come out strongly in favor of the surveillance as something that has existed for years and years and we should be comfortable with. senato
what i am wondering about is exactly what the obama administration's role is in all of this. obama has been catching a lot of flack for the whole thing, and i'm not necessarily here to defend him. but i'm wondering, wouldn't the intelligence committee, headed by my representative mike rogers, have been the ones to make this call and request in the first place? how many of the decisions to get information like this and other things under the patriot act or espionage act or any of these things --...
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the obama and estrogen has been -- the obama administration -- the best we can say is maybe one and 20 are engaging in any kind of from rocktivity once they are released, and then it very subjective about whether you count what we would think of as a run of the mill criminal activity as recidivism and the contents where we were holding the because of their ties to al qaeda and 9/11. host: we open our phone lines for viewers, seasoned listeners. (202) 585-3881 for republicans, for democrats, it is (202) 585- 3880, and for independents and all others, (202) 585-3882. you can also reach us on contact isd the @cspanwj. you mentioned the president earlier on and has continued to try to want to close one,. there is no language in the upcoming defense authorization bill. guest: getting congress to repeal or heavenly been replaced as restrictions of transferring detainees to other countries. at the very least, that should help with some repatriation of the detainees, to have them cleared for transfer. the itblem with even if ministration is successful, able to get all the detainees who have be
the obama and estrogen has been -- the obama administration -- the best we can say is maybe one and 20 are engaging in any kind of from rocktivity once they are released, and then it very subjective about whether you count what we would think of as a run of the mill criminal activity as recidivism and the contents where we were holding the because of their ties to al qaeda and 9/11. host: we open our phone lines for viewers, seasoned listeners. (202) 585-3881 for republicans, for democrats, it...
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alternative energy agenda that the obama administration is pursuing as well. and on health care, there are particular parts of obamacare that congress may be able to slow down or stop. the piece is mostly a report on what the administration is doing, but it gives guidance to congress. one thing republicans in congress needs to think about is what they can accomplish in by sized chunks. there will not change health care in a conservative direction in the next four years or reform entitlements. can they accomplished a few good things that also point the way towards bigger things later? i thing maybe they can. host: our guest is bill kristol. our next call is from frederick, maryland, peter is on the republican line. thanks for waiting. caller: how are things? host: fine. sounds like you're listening to us on c-span radio. caller: yes, sir. but itod to listen to, plays havoc on my blood pressure. republicans have been losing for 30 years or more. they are up against a very liberal education system as well as a very liberal media in general. my expectation with ki
alternative energy agenda that the obama administration is pursuing as well. and on health care, there are particular parts of obamacare that congress may be able to slow down or stop. the piece is mostly a report on what the administration is doing, but it gives guidance to congress. one thing republicans in congress needs to think about is what they can accomplish in by sized chunks. there will not change health care in a conservative direction in the next four years or reform entitlements....
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the hope of the obama administration is that there would be a follow-up, finally. get is the first deal. you may never get the follow-up deal. everybody acknowledges that the first deal does not even follow the targets that the negotiators in the west have had. the obama administration is will bed because there a follow-up deal, whereas the critics, the skeptics i should say, like the israelis, saudi's, french in congress, they are saying they are not sure they will ever get it. [indiscernible] getting back to the politics behind this, with congress pulling off sanctions between iran, saying that they are getting closer to a potential deal, here is what the president had to say last week about all that. [video clip] had a series of conversations. it has never been resolved that we would handle the entire problem all at once. what we have done is we have seen the possibility of an agreement in which iran would halt advances on its program. that it would dilute some of the highly enriched uranium that makes it easier for them to potentially create a weapon. that they
the hope of the obama administration is that there would be a follow-up, finally. get is the first deal. you may never get the follow-up deal. everybody acknowledges that the first deal does not even follow the targets that the negotiators in the west have had. the obama administration is will bed because there a follow-up deal, whereas the critics, the skeptics i should say, like the israelis, saudi's, french in congress, they are saying they are not sure they will ever get it. [indiscernible]...
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since the carter administration and clinton administration and the current obama administration, the de emphasis of the importance of our military also attributes to the problem. thank you very much. reallyi think it is important to note that this is becoming a political issue. just yesterday after the study ayottet, senator kelly called four meetings to get to the bottom of this to show the shortcomings of this effort. also jackie spear and other lawmakers on both sides of the aisle say this is to go step further. but what the inspector general of the pentagon to do a full accounting of this organization so the global community is not discounting this issue despite the budget battles. host: if people want to read the report for themselves, is it available online? guest: have believed a full report is 87 pages and is available on the gao web sites. host: richard in california. first-time caller. i would like to know -- are the survivors of mia and pow's hello? host: please go ahead caller: out is that -- is the government giving them and support for the missing spouses and if not why
since the carter administration and clinton administration and the current obama administration, the de emphasis of the importance of our military also attributes to the problem. thank you very much. reallyi think it is important to note that this is becoming a political issue. just yesterday after the study ayottet, senator kelly called four meetings to get to the bottom of this to show the shortcomings of this effort. also jackie spear and other lawmakers on both sides of the aisle say this...
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there is still a question that the iranians, the bush administration and the obama administration have framed hard conflict as a regional conflict, a battle for influence. are activelyans inside syria. they are providing trainers, but soldiers, technological support, funding. they are shipping and arms, energy. they are heavily involved russians are antagonist of the united states and continuing the shift of ballistic missiles -- strategic missiles. in a world where we have this conflict, how can we be sitting it out when in a country like iran is heavily involved? i think the speaker reflects the tension. a problem if you go in there, it will not be an easy conflict. innow there are many people the cia who remember when reagan sent in troops to try to police the end of the civil war. and you saw the bombing of the u.s. embassy in beirut and the bombing of the marine corps barracks, which was housing the u.s. headquarters in the deaths of to wonder 41 americans. the conflict, the people we would face, very similar to what we rick bass and other non. they are a mix of agents, and a conf
there is still a question that the iranians, the bush administration and the obama administration have framed hard conflict as a regional conflict, a battle for influence. are activelyans inside syria. they are providing trainers, but soldiers, technological support, funding. they are shipping and arms, energy. they are heavily involved russians are antagonist of the united states and continuing the shift of ballistic missiles -- strategic missiles. in a world where we have this conflict, how...
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a government agency has information on people if you think the obama administration any information on their political enemies, that is all about politics. that is the misuse people are concerned with. the terrorist surveillance program is a good program. the problem is an administration has lost all credibility with the american people, unless you are a socialist. that is the big issue. from "the washington post," -- good morning from massachusetts, democrats line. you are talking about the president wanted to install more confidence in surveillance programs. caller: i think people should be confident with what the government is doing. do not question it. host: why not? caller: surveillance is necessary in today's world to keep people safe. stephen joins us from utah, independent line. caller: i heard the president say that the government is not listening to your phone calls, i believe that. what they are doing and what they can do is they can record all of your phone calls and they will go in there and do a search of it they can do a keyword search and pull up all of your phone calls
a government agency has information on people if you think the obama administration any information on their political enemies, that is all about politics. that is the misuse people are concerned with. the terrorist surveillance program is a good program. the problem is an administration has lost all credibility with the american people, unless you are a socialist. that is the big issue. from "the washington post," -- good morning from massachusetts, democrats line. you are talking...
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under obama, it is about 22,000. the senate would double that to 44,000. they will be tripping over each other. if that is what it takes to get the other elements of comprehensive reform, there are those willing to do that. maybe if we spent less time grandstanding about shutdown and default and more time on substantive issues such as this, maybe it would be a little higher than 9% or 10%. host: representative jerry conley -- gerry connolly. thank you for your time. coming up, we will take your calls, take a look at a couple more stories and elements that came out of the decision to open the government. we will take all those plus your calls. first, a news update from c-span radio. >> it is 9:0 3 a.m. eastern time. jobless numbers show americans -- it is 9:03 a.m. eastern time. byless numbers are distorted california's effort to clear backlogged claims. about 70,000 furloughed employees sought benefits. they are not included in the overall totals. in syria, officials say there is no way of knowing if an international team is being deliberately targeted as
under obama, it is about 22,000. the senate would double that to 44,000. they will be tripping over each other. if that is what it takes to get the other elements of comprehensive reform, there are those willing to do that. maybe if we spent less time grandstanding about shutdown and default and more time on substantive issues such as this, maybe it would be a little higher than 9% or 10%. host: representative jerry conley -- gerry connolly. thank you for your time. coming up, we will take your...
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any differences i have with president obama and the administration has nothing to do with race or who he is or the his personality. personal things. they have to do with issues of substance. substantive distances -- difference is a matter of policy. that is what a debate needs to be. i'm happy to engage with folks on issues of substance, but you know, certainly -- of course there will be people out there, i am not one of them, who do not like obama for really personal and probably wrongheaded reasons, but i try to be a constructive critic. i think the president has done some good things and he has done things i could have been done better, but that is the case with any president. host: what about a summer honey rouhani? does that change negotiations with iran, and with -- and because of him? guest: that is a good question. he has put out a velvet approach of foreign policy. netanyahu has said recently, iron fists an achieved by a velvet glove. negotiator a nuclear , and he even bragged that he had used at the cover to advance iran's nuclear efforts. while he may be president, he is no
any differences i have with president obama and the administration has nothing to do with race or who he is or the his personality. personal things. they have to do with issues of substance. substantive distances -- difference is a matter of policy. that is what a debate needs to be. i'm happy to engage with folks on issues of substance, but you know, certainly -- of course there will be people out there, i am not one of them, who do not like obama for really personal and probably wrongheaded...
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administration/campaign has built up -- the incredible network that the obama administration/campaign has built up. host: those liberal groups that met together that you write about, do they have a new name? guest: the democracy initiative trade is not get more anodyne or generic and that -- the democracy initiative. it really does not get more anodyne or generic than that. they believe that small-d democracy is working, that filibuster and super pacs and $10 million donations is not how democracy should be working or how the founders envisioned it. these items at the core of their agenda is the way to get democracy working again. host: "revealed: the massive and too liberal plan to -- massive the new liberal plan to remake american politics close what is the headline. last week we talked with a reporter for "national review" magazine about what is ahead for republican politics. this week, and he called on democrats and their agenda. -- and he called on democrats and their agenda. veronica, you are up first. caller: thank you for taking my call. i want to say that i am proud democrat
administration/campaign has built up -- the incredible network that the obama administration/campaign has built up. host: those liberal groups that met together that you write about, do they have a new name? guest: the democracy initiative trade is not get more anodyne or generic and that -- the democracy initiative. it really does not get more anodyne or generic than that. they believe that small-d democracy is working, that filibuster and super pacs and $10 million donations is not how...
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foreign policy challenges in the second obama administration. ambassador dennis ross among the speakers live at 12:15 p.m. eastern. president obama continues his travels. he is speaking today in california at the dreamworks studio. you can watch his remarks live .hat 3:15 politico reports the white house is defending the president visit to dreamworks. it says the dreamworks animation ceo strong political support for president obama had "no bearing" on the white house decision to schedule a presidential visit. k av
foreign policy challenges in the second obama administration. ambassador dennis ross among the speakers live at 12:15 p.m. eastern. president obama continues his travels. he is speaking today in california at the dreamworks studio. you can watch his remarks live .hat 3:15 politico reports the white house is defending the president visit to dreamworks. it says the dreamworks animation ceo strong political support for president obama had "no bearing" on the white house decision to...
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host: what is the obama administration's interest in the talks? guest: the obama administration's interest is to seek negotiated political solutions. a negotiated solution would be best. it would ideally put syria on a track toward transition. i do think americans should care with what is happening in syria. it is in a very vital region in the world. it is perhaps one of the most brutal conflicts happening right now. and it has the potential to destabilize the entire region, a region that is very significant in strategic interest to the united states. host: if you elect to join the conversation, republicans -- -- if you would like to join th the associated press reported recently that france and britain samples confirm the nerve gas sarin has been used in syria. holds conventional wisdom that the syrian regime propelled -- perpetrated the attacks. that set the obama administration's position is that there is no conclusive evidence that the regime used sarin. they are trying to establish a chain of custody. they want to lay the establishment, throu
host: what is the obama administration's interest in the talks? guest: the obama administration's interest is to seek negotiated political solutions. a negotiated solution would be best. it would ideally put syria on a track toward transition. i do think americans should care with what is happening in syria. it is in a very vital region in the world. it is perhaps one of the most brutal conflicts happening right now. and it has the potential to destabilize the entire region, a region that is...
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a rule issued by the obama administration of fraud would require most employers to provide coverage for contraceptive. the national football league says it will not help promote the affordable care act. washington post reports that with the help of human services has to look a and various sports organizations for assistance but also republican leaders have weighed in, asking the sporting industry to stay out of the issue. chief justice roberts will participate in a supreme court term review in the west virginia. if we plan on showing that bought at 9:00. you can watch it here on c-span. on the effect on our facebook page. to show will be dedicated examining president obama's action plan for climate change. the proposal was released earlier this week, causing regulations on coal and other industries, as well as other measures. we are interested in your thoughts on the plan -- if you want to reach out was on social media, you can do so this morning. "the hill" offers a summary of what the president released on tuesday -- some of the highlights of the plan can be found on the white house's
a rule issued by the obama administration of fraud would require most employers to provide coverage for contraceptive. the national football league says it will not help promote the affordable care act. washington post reports that with the help of human services has to look a and various sports organizations for assistance but also republican leaders have weighed in, asking the sporting industry to stay out of the issue. chief justice roberts will participate in a supreme court term review in...
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brookings institution joins us to talk about the obama administration stand to step up forces for military assistance. "washington journal" is next. ♪ lindy boggs is being remembered as a crusader who blazed a trail and congress. she is described as the matriarch of a powerful washington family. she served as a louisiana democrat for 18 years. we will talk to someone who knew linda c boggs personally. died yesterday at age 97. president obama heads to capitol hill to talk with house democrats about healthcare and other issues. . ,rom the gop side of the aisle immigration may take place but they have to wait until october. saysor ted cruz of texas the fund obamacare. and one out of new york city, campaign manager for anthony , he has quit. has america become or is becoming a decedent nation? -- at the seated nation -- a nation?st" we want to hear your thoughts. here's how to take part in the program. if not by phone you can take part several other ways, by twitter @cspanwj, facebook.com/cspan, and by e- journal@c-span.org. this is on "the daily ticker" -- other polls show that 59% of amer
brookings institution joins us to talk about the obama administration stand to step up forces for military assistance. "washington journal" is next. ♪ lindy boggs is being remembered as a crusader who blazed a trail and congress. she is described as the matriarch of a powerful washington family. she served as a louisiana democrat for 18 years. we will talk to someone who knew linda c boggs personally. died yesterday at age 97. president obama heads to capitol hill to talk with house...
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administration sent off the world war ii memorial. veteran,insult to any an insult to the servicemen that are serving right now. it is a crying shame. the republicans are not the ones that are at fault on this thing. the democrats are the ones they -- that are holding this up. not written into the constitution as a federal responsibility. .his is a crying shame as far as alaska, the fishing , so we are not been affected, but it is a crying shame that are blocking off a parking space in front of rushmore. it is really sad. saying that the republicans are at fault, they are trying to do something to stop this trillion dollars a year in debt. somebody has to do something to get this resolved, and the democrats sure as hell are not doing it. host: thank you. another half hour of your calls on how the government shutdown is affecting your state. we are also on twitter and facebook. the senate is in today to to carry thete debt proposal into 2014. it was blocked yesterday. no house session today, but they will be back on monday here, live o
administration sent off the world war ii memorial. veteran,insult to any an insult to the servicemen that are serving right now. it is a crying shame. the republicans are not the ones that are at fault on this thing. the democrats are the ones they -- that are holding this up. not written into the constitution as a federal responsibility. .his is a crying shame as far as alaska, the fishing , so we are not been affected, but it is a crying shame that are blocking off a parking space in front of...
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guest: that is something we saw the obama administration make a concerted push on. all these laws and restrictions on voter access that have popped and 2012.010 eric holder said they will be pushing back fairly aggressively. we saw that in texas and north carolina. we do not expect that to be the final action. interesting to see as the process works its way to the court. it is a top party for the white house. host: do you foresee any big cases for the supreme court? we have not discussed the courts. guest: there are a number of issues making their way to the high court. issues related to the affordable care act and when it comes to religious objections by employers providing coverage. nsaome point, some of these challenges to make their way, data-gathering and surveillance, to make their way to the high court. we heard from judge leon. he said the information that the obama administration has been collecting is likely to be found unconstitutional on fourth amendment grounds. it will be interesting to see as these cases start to make their way to the high court. host
guest: that is something we saw the obama administration make a concerted push on. all these laws and restrictions on voter access that have popped and 2012.010 eric holder said they will be pushing back fairly aggressively. we saw that in texas and north carolina. we do not expect that to be the final action. interesting to see as the process works its way to the court. it is a top party for the white house. host: do you foresee any big cases for the supreme court? we have not discussed the...
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that increased 3000% under obama's administration. the reason was secretary should hinseki had opened the doors for ptsd, agent orange andlains, and everett -- desert storm syndromes. in a variety of other clinton had not been recognized. what happens if you have a flood of people that come in and they were not prepared for it. it accelerated and almost hit one million veteran backlogs. we had 900,000 pending claims in february of this year alone. shinseki do as far as accommodating that? guest: he basically put in a plan that all of the backlog claims will be resolved by 2015. what is upsetting to us is that it happened in the first place. 97% of these claims were being handled manually. not even automated. so what are we doing when we open up the doors for more opportunity for claims, and then not having a plan in place to handle that efficiency? that is like saying i sell online and have no shipping process an order. you have to have this set up correctly. now we have a plan by 2015. what about the veterans that are dying in the me
that increased 3000% under obama's administration. the reason was secretary should hinseki had opened the doors for ptsd, agent orange andlains, and everett -- desert storm syndromes. in a variety of other clinton had not been recognized. what happens if you have a flood of people that come in and they were not prepared for it. it accelerated and almost hit one million veteran backlogs. we had 900,000 pending claims in february of this year alone. shinseki do as far as accommodating that?...
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the obama administration has focused a little bit more on the employers. just this week there was a story in the "wall street journal" about the administration informing at least 1,000 businesses i think it was that they're going to be audited and they're going to be looking through their records and making sure that everything is on the up and up. and if not, that they were going to be facing fines and penalties and that sort of thing. there are those in congress that absolutely think that they need to raise the penalties, jail terms for employers who conduct this kind of activity. object t flip side -- on the flip side, there's 11 million undocumented imgraints in this country for a reason. most have jobs. and the fact that there's that much pressure on the system for jobs that they don't have the workers for -- and this according to folks who are to a lot of business owners who are saying look we need workers and right now that man power isn't there. there's a lot of work in this country that they're saying a lot of americans aren't willing to do. in fl
the obama administration has focused a little bit more on the employers. just this week there was a story in the "wall street journal" about the administration informing at least 1,000 businesses i think it was that they're going to be audited and they're going to be looking through their records and making sure that everything is on the up and up. and if not, that they were going to be facing fines and penalties and that sort of thing. there are those in congress that absolutely...
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this decision has been described as a gaping rebuke of the obama administration's stance on this issue. phone lines are open. what was the judge so critical of in his ruling? he criticized the fda for stalling, engaging in tactics, rulemaking tactics that were --ended to put up a decision off a decision. he directed the fda to not do this this time around, simply to change the access part. he assumed they are dragging delaying which should be done. of thealk about the role 2012 elections, the politics in this decision, and the access to the plan b over the years. >> what we had here was multiple efforts going on, on the part of women's health advocate -- an advocacy groups, petitioning the fda to make this available, and we also have the manufacturer, teva, which makes the morning after pill, also try to gain the ability to sell it over the counter. we had multiple things going on. made commentsally suggesting this should be available to everyone and it is safe, potentially save. hadhe same time, we kathleen sebelius said perhaps this should not be available, young girl should not be a
this decision has been described as a gaping rebuke of the obama administration's stance on this issue. phone lines are open. what was the judge so critical of in his ruling? he criticized the fda for stalling, engaging in tactics, rulemaking tactics that were --ended to put up a decision off a decision. he directed the fda to not do this this time around, simply to change the access part. he assumed they are dragging delaying which should be done. of thealk about the role 2012 elections, the...
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the outgoing bush administration cooperated in a historic way with the incoming obama administration. they both lot into tarp mooches newberry -- which was a very unpopular program. notwithstanding the fact that it'll all likelihood he kept a bad situation from turning into something infinitely worse. the ability tot follow up on promises in their second term? rate --it is an interest- an interesting point, because most presidents get the big things done in their first term. lyndon johnson, after the huge landslide made it very clear that he had one year. he knew capital hill better than anyone, and he had one year to great society, however defined, enacted into law. and turned out to be right. already midterm elections, and the effect of the vietnam war to be managed on the hill. presidents historically have used their first terms to do their biggest oracle achievements. i would suspect that the president's defenders would point out that the very last thatse that he kept is one presidents for a hundred years have been trying to keep to escalate. universal health care -- successfully,
the outgoing bush administration cooperated in a historic way with the incoming obama administration. they both lot into tarp mooches newberry -- which was a very unpopular program. notwithstanding the fact that it'll all likelihood he kept a bad situation from turning into something infinitely worse. the ability tot follow up on promises in their second term? rate --it is an interest- an interesting point, because most presidents get the big things done in their first term. lyndon johnson,...
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president obama and the federal officials, he has basically said -- i think the obama administration is going to have to resolve some of these questions on federal benefits. view isral government's that the couple is still married under federal law. if you want to file a joint tax return or get social security benefits, think the federal government wants to say, our point of view is that they are still married. there is a lot of laws that are not resolved yet, if you would talk to lawyers. host: a couple of points on that from vivian shepardson. meanwhile, from justice anthony scalia, the weekly standard has reprinted his opinion from the court. i'm going to share with you one part. guest: i listen to justice scalia give that dissent. i thought it would have been stronger had he done it the day before. in a dome a case, -- in the doma case, he said, we the court -- the court should not be deciding these momentous issues. when congress passes a law and the president signs it, we should stand back and not second-guess a lot of strike it down. that is exactly what -- it and strike it do
president obama and the federal officials, he has basically said -- i think the obama administration is going to have to resolve some of these questions on federal benefits. view isral government's that the couple is still married under federal law. if you want to file a joint tax return or get social security benefits, think the federal government wants to say, our point of view is that they are still married. there is a lot of laws that are not resolved yet, if you would talk to lawyers....
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guest: the obama administration put hundreds of millions of dollars into 3-d printing. it is a miraculous technology, it can be. it has already been used for making prosthetics. , legs.nd arms i think it will be used to create organic materials soon. it is used in aerospace and elsewhere. it is a technology that could potentially revolutionize manufacturing. i don't think that even our fears of the fact that can be used to make a gun should in any way hamper the innovations in 3-d printing. policyhat are the gun discussions going forward because of this technology, the plans? what happens with the state department? guest: if you are asking what the government should do -- host: the broader discussion of how it changes gun policy in the united states. guest: i think there will be kind of a replay of the philip zimmermann discussion in 1993. what do you do with contraband information? when information violates some law, like export control, can you violate free-speech to control it? i don't think you can. i think in the end this gun will proliferate. it seems to me the on
guest: the obama administration put hundreds of millions of dollars into 3-d printing. it is a miraculous technology, it can be. it has already been used for making prosthetics. , legs.nd arms i think it will be used to create organic materials soon. it is used in aerospace and elsewhere. it is a technology that could potentially revolutionize manufacturing. i don't think that even our fears of the fact that can be used to make a gun should in any way hamper the innovations in 3-d printing....
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there's a big spotlight on the obama administration. according to the press, the president is rethinking his decision and may be inching toward more legal support. host: if you want to call, here are the numbers. listen to president obama at yesterday's press conference about this issue. [video clip] >> as i said, we are already invested in trying to bring about a solution in sight of syria. obviously, there are options that are available to me that are on the shelves right now, that we have not deployed. that is a spectrum of options. askedly as last year, i the pentagon, our military, our intelligence officials to prepare for me what options might be available. i will not going to the details of what those options might be but clearly, that would be an escalation, in our view, of the threat to the security of the international community, our allies, and the united states and that means that there are some options we might not otherwise exercise that we would strongly consider. host: president obama speaking yesterday -- upi as a story
there's a big spotlight on the obama administration. according to the press, the president is rethinking his decision and may be inching toward more legal support. host: if you want to call, here are the numbers. listen to president obama at yesterday's press conference about this issue. [video clip] >> as i said, we are already invested in trying to bring about a solution in sight of syria. obviously, there are options that are available to me that are on the shelves right now, that we...
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host: might you consider a post in the second obama administration? guest: i am happy with the job that i have. if asked to continue to serve, i will continue to serve. host: thank you so much for spending some time. we'll take a look at the year ahead for the pentagon and the looming budget cuts. then we will turn our attention to afghanistan. but first a news update. >> more reaction to the nominations made yesterday. a spokesman from i ran said the country is hopeful the appointment of chuck hagel to lead the pentagon would improve relations between tehran and the united states. there are hopeful there would be practical changes to u.s. foreign policy and that nations which change their attitude toward the united states if it respected the rights. chuck hagel has been criticized by some as being hostile to israel and soft on iran. iranian militants stormed the u.s. military and took american diplomats hostage. gun control is to focus of meetings this week at the white house. gun owners groups and widukind representatives will be welcome to the whit
host: might you consider a post in the second obama administration? guest: i am happy with the job that i have. if asked to continue to serve, i will continue to serve. host: thank you so much for spending some time. we'll take a look at the year ahead for the pentagon and the looming budget cuts. then we will turn our attention to afghanistan. but first a news update. >> more reaction to the nominations made yesterday. a spokesman from i ran said the country is hopeful the appointment of...
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there is a point that the obama administration really has tended to blame republicans heavily for the shutdown. ahead of the jobs report this week, the obama administration came out with a report saying this is going to cut 120,000 jobs from october payrolls. this is really going to cut into gdp. i would say the subtext there is let's keep this in the minds of american people, so if the jobs numbers are bad and if the shutdown really does hurt the economy, we can perhaps point to the gop. now, the numbers were good, so perhaps employers just short -- sort of shrugged and said we are going to hire anyway. employers may be are becoming desensitized. in onirish writes twitter, students looking for jobs, our son, now 20, has been unable to find a job since age 17 for reasons of this topic this morning. adults out of work get them first. so on the subject of young people looking for jobs. brian is up next from kalamazoo, michigan on our line for folks who are employed. brian, what is the employment situation like in kalamazoo? caller: well, my state is a little convoluted, but we actually
there is a point that the obama administration really has tended to blame republicans heavily for the shutdown. ahead of the jobs report this week, the obama administration came out with a report saying this is going to cut 120,000 jobs from october payrolls. this is really going to cut into gdp. i would say the subtext there is let's keep this in the minds of american people, so if the jobs numbers are bad and if the shutdown really does hurt the economy, we can perhaps point to the gop. now,...
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there'll be a series of bills on .racking the obama administrations regulations are returned to make it easier for oil and gas companies to get permits on federal land. -- is a rangee debates. host: the senate will consider a presidential nominee to the powerful u.s. court of appeals for the district of columbia circuit. the first two nominees failed to achieve their courts. there is a third this evening? sir john cornyn has been in this battle where republicans say that their argument against isroving the d.c. nominee the exact argument the democrats use in bush administration that you don't need this many appointments on the d.c. circuit. however democrats of counter that and they have continued to push for these votes, is just it has one of these -- nothing to do the individual nominees. then there's his constant talk of au sable nuclear option when they have the standoffs. harry reid is moving very aggressively on this, moving forward on this. there is another nominee, mel watt, a democrat from north carolina. his nomination has been held up. there others in the pipeline that cou
there'll be a series of bills on .racking the obama administrations regulations are returned to make it easier for oil and gas companies to get permits on federal land. -- is a rangee debates. host: the senate will consider a presidential nominee to the powerful u.s. court of appeals for the district of columbia circuit. the first two nominees failed to achieve their courts. there is a third this evening? sir john cornyn has been in this battle where republicans say that their argument against...
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immigration was highlighted thursday when house republicans voted to halt the obama administration's policy preferring the deportation of young adults brought illegally to the country as young children. this was an ominous sign for reform efforts, efforts to normalize the status of dreamers have been among the most popular parts of changes to immigration law. what impact does that have on your outreach effort? guest: it is important to recognize this as part of the broad discontent with the administration's over use of power. they have done things unilaterally that should be done through legislation. you see people unhappy about it. this is not something that is unique to this issue or to the house of representatives. the second is we are discussing immigration reform. who wants to change the status of dreamers or anything else? put a hold on things the of ministration is doing unilaterally. host: bill in arizona. democratic calller. you are on the air. have,: the question i they have been telling us for years there was a 12-20 million illegals and less numbers on the list. am retire
immigration was highlighted thursday when house republicans voted to halt the obama administration's policy preferring the deportation of young adults brought illegally to the country as young children. this was an ominous sign for reform efforts, efforts to normalize the status of dreamers have been among the most popular parts of changes to immigration law. what impact does that have on your outreach effort? guest: it is important to recognize this as part of the broad discontent with the...
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i do not see that in the obama administration. that is soss a storyed in getting on the president that they are just trying anything they can to make him look bad. i just think that the president is doing a pretty good job. no one is going to be happy with him. and i think that your presentation this morning has been a little bit to the right. host: ok. guest: as i said earlier, i am not trying to be partisan in any way. i am glad you brought up the iran contra issue. i was not intentionally glossing over that. of presidents in their second terms have what historians call the second term curse. this idea that second term presidents lose their way many times and they have these terrible problems either from overreaching or hubris or misjudgments. many times this happens -- the iran contra scandal, part of .his notion of being isolated reagan said that he did not know a lot about this stuff, he did not know about the fundamentals of the iran contra scandal. so the question during those days was, was he too disengaged? should he have
i do not see that in the obama administration. that is soss a storyed in getting on the president that they are just trying anything they can to make him look bad. i just think that the president is doing a pretty good job. no one is going to be happy with him. and i think that your presentation this morning has been a little bit to the right. host: ok. guest: as i said earlier, i am not trying to be partisan in any way. i am glad you brought up the iran contra issue. i was not intentionally...
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this was chooses the beginning of the obama administration. peoplethe american realize that and things can get shifted in the coming election. happy new year. host: that was our last call. our last tweet -- in case you're waking up in little bit later this morning, this being the holiday time, there has been another suicide bombing in russia, just several weeks before the winter leagues -- all of these are supposed to take place. bus inle on an electric the southern russian city of volgograd during today's rush- hour. they're saying 30 or more people killed now in these twin bombings. security is high and throughout russia, and we are reading in the new york times that current and former intelligence officials in this country are watching russia very closely. more aboutned russia's olympics than any other limbic since 2004 -- olympics since 2004. thank you for your calls and comments this morning. 80 of you on than various topics. we will see you back here tomorrow, happy new year. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [capti
this was chooses the beginning of the obama administration. peoplethe american realize that and things can get shifted in the coming election. happy new year. host: that was our last call. our last tweet -- in case you're waking up in little bit later this morning, this being the holiday time, there has been another suicide bombing in russia, just several weeks before the winter leagues -- all of these are supposed to take place. bus inle on an electric the southern russian city of volgograd...
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i think the obama administration would prefer -- they may not see much difference what is going in the door. host: the seven states pursuing state-partnership, how is that going to work? guest: they're going to control certain aspects of the exchange. the obama administration would still be in charge of building the infrastructure and the networks required for all of that. host: how much is that going to cost? do we know that guest: said it is unclear. -- do we know that? guest: it is unclear. everyone is convinced the obama administration will make sure there is money set up, regardless of sequestration. host: sequestration is happening now but as far as when exchanges have to be set up there have been several deadlines that have been put into place. guest: we are in the final sprint. in terms of affordable care act time, that is the plight of an eye. -- that is the blink of an eye. there has been a lot of question about whether or not they will be ready in time, whether they can get those complex networks in place in time. especially in states that have held out in saying where they
i think the obama administration would prefer -- they may not see much difference what is going in the door. host: the seven states pursuing state-partnership, how is that going to work? guest: they're going to control certain aspects of the exchange. the obama administration would still be in charge of building the infrastructure and the networks required for all of that. host: how much is that going to cost? do we know that guest: said it is unclear. -- do we know that? guest: it is unclear....
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what would you do if you were the eid blok -- obama administration? guest: we have run into a place where mr. snowden is a felon and has led the united states. i would do everything in my power to bring him back to the united states to prosecute him and bring justice to them. he did real harm to our country. he put our soldiers at risk and has put folks in the homeland at risk and whether that was diplomatic pressure or legal or economic pressure, wherever we can locate mr. snowden, i would find him and use all legal power you have in the presidency to make sure he came back and served just as in the united states. host: you joined the select intelligence committee this term. how has it been to get the insight of that panel? how did you talk to your constituents back, given the fact that you know things that you cannot share publicly and things you didn't even know when year ago? thet: that is one of challenges as someone who sets where i now have access to significant important classified information. i do everything i can to explain to the folks in
what would you do if you were the eid blok -- obama administration? guest: we have run into a place where mr. snowden is a felon and has led the united states. i would do everything in my power to bring him back to the united states to prosecute him and bring justice to them. he did real harm to our country. he put our soldiers at risk and has put folks in the homeland at risk and whether that was diplomatic pressure or legal or economic pressure, wherever we can locate mr. snowden, i would...
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guest: i have been looking at the people in the obama administration that do korea. there are not a lot korean experts doing korea policy. there are a bunch of officials that know something about korea but not korea experts. this is a difference in how was set up in the past administrations. experts had greater ties to south korea and north korea. you could debate whether that has been successful. the policy towards north korea has been called strategic patience, leaving north korea alone and not pursuing a robust engagement that would feed their desire for attention and bribes. .hat has been their decision strengthen america's defenses and pretty much leaving north korea be. we are seeing a failure of that policy. strategic patience has not resulted in north korea changing its tactics. now we have to see what the change in policy will be. from jamescall comes in new jersey. hi, josh. j . have a nephew in north korea i know somebody in west korea. this. expect is obama to gowanted over there about basketball. something that they do have in common. negotiations is nec
guest: i have been looking at the people in the obama administration that do korea. there are not a lot korean experts doing korea policy. there are a bunch of officials that know something about korea but not korea experts. this is a difference in how was set up in the past administrations. experts had greater ties to south korea and north korea. you could debate whether that has been successful. the policy towards north korea has been called strategic patience, leaving north korea alone and...
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host: she helped spearhead the affordable care act for the obama administration and was a director from 2009 22011. -- 22011. at 11. will this -- a tweet -- no, it is built on private sector plans and the private sector model of getting insurance. that is why this new -- theyaces deal with are there to help people who are -- who arere uninsured. everyone in that market would agree this is broken. to make it work better you have to give -- get everyone into the system. insurance, go in there and buy it. if you can't afford it, you can purchase a plan with the help of the government. that is why that is important. i don't think it leads to thing go pair -- single-payer. >> on twitter -- guest: first of all, i want to be sure what is looking at is the same high deductible plan he has before. minimume plans at that actuarial value that will be offered on the new exchanges. if he has one already, i am sort of wondering if you can that individual market or says he is getting it from his employer. i don't know why it would have doubled from his employer, but i can tell you in the individual ma
host: she helped spearhead the affordable care act for the obama administration and was a director from 2009 22011. -- 22011. at 11. will this -- a tweet -- no, it is built on private sector plans and the private sector model of getting insurance. that is why this new -- theyaces deal with are there to help people who are -- who arere uninsured. everyone in that market would agree this is broken. to make it work better you have to give -- get everyone into the system. insurance, go in there and...
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the obama administration finalize them on wednesday. the 2010 affordable care act requires health cancer individuals -- healthcare plans for individuals and small businesses -- many of the specifics of what is required in those categories will be left to states to decide. insurers and some business groups have argued that mandating such coverage would make policies too expensive, and they have lobbied the federal government to scale back the scope of what needs to be covered." x call comes from bob in bethlehem, pennsylvania, a democrat. what is the public policy on your mind this morning? caller: thank you for taking my call. i was looking at tv this morning, and they were saying 30 million people are going to be hit with this snowstorm. now, already up there in new england, they have about a foot and a half to two feet of snow already on the ground. when they plow the street, it forced the snow over at the sewer. if they would use fire equipment or water trucks, and water at the sewer and blast the water so that there is an opening so
the obama administration finalize them on wednesday. the 2010 affordable care act requires health cancer individuals -- healthcare plans for individuals and small businesses -- many of the specifics of what is required in those categories will be left to states to decide. insurers and some business groups have argued that mandating such coverage would make policies too expensive, and they have lobbied the federal government to scale back the scope of what needs to be covered." x call comes...